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The fire started Saturday afternoon at the home in the 10000 block of Winner Road. The family had just moved into the duplex the night before.

Kai-Lynn's parents escaped from the duplex by breaking out a back window. Kai-Lynn's father and a neighbor ran back in to rescue her.

"I did the best I could. I wish I could have been a little bit better," said the neighbor, Corey Deboer. "I worked today all day and it was hard trying to find a moment where I couldn't see her face or remember what happened."

He said he broke the window using a hatchet that had been a gift from his grandmother.

Investigators said the fire was an accident and caused by smoking materials. They said the home had smoke detectors, but it was unclear whether they were working.

The family said Kai-Lynn's burns on her body and lungs caused her body temperature to spike, which eventually led to her death. Family members said Kai-Lynn was a fighter and a giving person, so they have honored her and donated her organs to help someone else.

"She was a fighter to the end, guys. You know that she was and it's very tragic that she lost her life today," said Kai-Lynn's uncle, Kyle Chadwick.

Chadwick said Kai-Lynn's parents are grief-stricken and exhausted, but they've taken some comfort in the messages of support they've received, some of which have come from as far away as Utah.

"They are running on fumes, but those are fumes of care and love and support. That is what's sustaining them right now, is just the outpouring of their family and friends and the support that they have received," Chadwick said.

Doboer said he hopes to attend the little girl's funeral.

"I've got a young boy, so it's hard to think about, but our thoughts are with their family," he said.

The family had just taken everything they owned out of storage and moved into the duplex, and they lost everything in the fire. They have set up a crowdfunding account to help with expenses.